Will El Salvador's new mega-prison turn into a bloodbath?
The prison's opening comes as part of a brutal crackdown on the two gangs, the pride of president Nayib Bukele's campaign to clean up national violence.
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The prison's opening comes as part of a brutal crackdown on the two gangs, the pride of president Nayib Bukele's campaign to clean up national violence.
RAPHAEL ROWE: I've been to some of the most brutal penal facilities in the world, but the intensity of what these new pictures show, and the sheer depth of dehumanisation, is exceptional even to me.
The government of El Salvador has opened the world’s largest prison as part of the country's major crackdown on the MS-13 gang, a move that the country's president said was the opposite response to how the United States was "protecting criminals."
A mega-prison in El Salvador has opened its doors for its first 2,000 inmates of suspected gang members - who upon their arrival found out there are not enough beds and no mattresses at all.